Join us to celebrate the launch of the Southern Ontario Seed Strategy (SOSS) and hear from different perspectives in the native plant supply chain on how the strategy will support their work.
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM (ET)
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Zoom Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rZNgEbcZQPunSB5RP5lGzQ
The SOSS will help prioritize actions to grow more native plants, grow them better, and support the goals of reconciliation and restoration. It focuses on a coordinated approach to the stewardship and conservation of native plant materials and provides a framework to build an ethical restoration economy through recommendations that address barriers, gaps, and inequities in the sector. Indigenous leadership, knowledge, and community engagement is a priority in this strategy.
The SOSS recommendations aim to increase restoration capacity in southern Ontario and support local, regional, provincial, and national goals for biodiversity and climate resilience. The recommendations reflect 3+ years of collaboration among participants in the native plant supply chain.
Speakers:
- Jennifer Nantais, Healthy Habitat Manager, Carolinian Canada
- Rob Messervey, Vice-Chair, Ontario Native Plant Growers Association
- Dan Werner, Operations Manager, Kayanase
- Stefan Weber, Seed Program Coordinator, Forest Gene Conservation Association
- Ryan Godfrey, Associate Specialist, Conservation Research, WWF-Canada
- Rachel Voros, Natural Areas Project Manager, City of Kitchener
- Carolyn Callaghan, Senior Conservation Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Federation